Example of X.509 Certificate Data Structure

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Can you show me an example of X.509 certificate data structure?

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A

Here is an example of X.509 Version 3 certificate data structure:

Certificate:
   Data:
       Version: 3 (0x2)
       Serial Number: 1 (0x1)
       Signature Algorithm: md5WithRSAEncryption
       Issuer: C=ZA, ST=Western Cape, L=Cape Town, O=Thawte Consulting cc,
               OU=Certification Services Division,
               CN=Thawte Server CA/emailAddress=server-certs@thawte.com
       Validity
           Not Before: Aug  1 00:00:00 1996 GMT
           Not After : Dec 31 23:59:59 2020 GMT
       Subject: C=ZA, ST=Western Cape, L=Cape Town, O=Thawte Consulting cc,
                OU=Certification Services Division,
                CN=Thawte Server CA/emailAddress=server-certs@thawte.com
       Subject Public Key Info:
           Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
           RSA Public Key: (1024 bit)
               Modulus (1024 bit):
                   00:d3:a4:50:6e:c8:ff:56:6b:e6:cf:5d:b6:ea:0c:
                   68:75:47:a2:aa:c2:da:84:25:fc:a8:f4:47:51:da:
                   85:b5:20:74:94:86:1e:0f:75:c9:e9:08:61:f5:06:
                   6d:30:6e:15:19:02:e9:52:c0:62:db:4d:99:9e:e2:
                   6a:0c:44:38:cd:fe:be:e3:64:09:70:c5:fe:b1:6b:
                   29:b6:2f:49:c8:3b:d4:27:04:25:10:97:2f:e7:90:
                   6d:c0:28:42:99:d7:4c:43:de:c3:f5:21:6d:54:9f:
                   5d:c3:58:e1:c0:e4:d9:5b:b0:b8:dc:b4:7b:df:36:
                   3a:c2:b5:66:22:12:d6:87:0d
               Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
       X509v3 extensions:
           X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
               CA:TRUE
   Signature Algorithm: md5WithRSAEncryption
       07:fa:4c:69:5c:fb:95:cc:46:ee:85:83:4d:21:30:8e:ca:d9:
       a8:6f:49:1a:e6:da:51:e3:60:70:6c:84:61:11:a1:1a:c8:48:
       3e:59:43:7d:4f:95:3d:a1:8b:b7:0b:62:98:7a:75:8a:dd:88:
       4e:4e:9e:40:db:a8:cc:32:74:b9:6f:0d:c6:e3:b3:44:0b:d9:
       8a:6f:9a:29:9b:99:18:28:3b:d1:e3:40:28:9a:5a:3c:d5:b5:
       e7:20:1b:8b:ca:a4:ab:8d:e9:51:d9:e2:4c:2c:59:a9:da:b9:
       b2:75:1b:f6:42:f2:ef:c7:f2:18:f9:89:bc:a3:ff:8a:23:2e:
       70:47

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